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5 IT Management Practices Certain To Kill IT Productivity

CIO, Tuesday, May 16,2023

Sometimes, the best way to fix a broken organization is to stop breaking it. Here's what you're doing to keep your staff from getting real IT work done.

Successful CIOs, like all highly placed executives, must be adept at running an organization that's good at getting work out the door.

Unfortunately, many of the most popular management techniques for fixing poor organizational performance don't work. Or worse.

If you want better guidance, start with Peter Drucker's observation that, 'Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.'

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